Ancient Latin Agricultural Writers, Vol. IV

Alveare beehive. Castration of the hive, Pall. 11, 13. Cleaning, Pall. 5, 8.

Alvearium beehive, μελιττὼν apiary, Varr. 3, 16. That it be repaired by the addition of sticks, Pall. 7, 8. Hives that are approved, Col. 9, 6. When and how they are castrated, Pall. 7, 7.

Alveati trough-shaped furrows, Cat. 43. Meaning: having the shape of a trough, wider at the top, with slanted sides, so that the bottom is more contracted.

Alveolus small trough, Col. 8, 5.

Alvei dwellings of bees, Col. 9, 2. Made of manure, bricks, Col. 9, 6. How hives are to be placed, Col. 9, 7. Keepers of hives, Col. 9, 3. Alveus another utensil. To put into a trough, Cat. 81. To salt herbs, Col. 12, 9. Troughs, Cat. 11. In which gathered grapes are carried into vats. Turneb. 7, 23. That the troughs were obliquely concave is understood from the fact that their curves are opposed by expressed angles. Col. 4, 4. Trough for providing barley to horses, Veg. 1, 56. Water is provided for the ox in a trough, Veg. 3, 31.

Alumen alum. Raw alum, Veg. 2, 63. Round, Veg. 2, 58. Scribonius also has it in comp. 30 etc. Split, ground, Col. 6, 13.

Alumnum nursing flock, concerning piglets, Pall. 3, 26. To rear fosterlings, Col. 4, 27.

Aluns, a monster of a word, I do not know how it crept into the Lexicon of Reyher-Juncker, with the assigned meaning "nourishing force," and citing Cat. 157. The distinguished Facciolatus removed it. Cato 157 gave occasion for the error: "if the belly (alvus) does not move."

Alvus belly/womb. How the upper belly is to be evacuated (by vomiting), Cat. 156 & 158. With what wine it is moved, Cat. 115. Cited, Col. 7, 9. Raw upset belly, Cat. 125. With what wine a belly that is not settling and is raw is cured, Cat. 126. A raw belly is simply called a belly, Col. 6, 7. If the belly will not move, Cat. 157. To make a good belly, Cat. 156. In the maternal womb, Col. 10, 146. Barth shows that this is an antiquarian usage in his notes to Guil. Brito 6, 560. Others read "arvo" field, which reading seems better to Schöttgen, because it is known that the maternal womb is also called a field by Lucretius and Virgil. Therefore, this word in this place can have a double meaning: the literal one, by which flowers consist in the maternal field (or mother earth), and the metaphorical one, by which flowers are said to sprout from the field (or womb) of their mother, that is, the earth. Hives of bees, whence they are named and of what material they are made, Varr. 3, 16. Add Col. 9, 6. They must be opened, Col. 9, 14. Castrated, Col. 9, 15. 11, 2.

Amaracus marjoram, fragrant, Col. 10, 296.